The conversation probably occurred sometime in the late 1960s, in a sweltering and smoky pit room attached to a former high school gymnasium, between two of the most famously stubborn men in Texas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Brisket House on Woodway (J.C. Reid/Contributor) The price of brisket at Texas barbecue joints remains a hot-button issue ...

Nina Schmidt Sells, who grew up in the ’50s, remembers when brisket wasn’t the king cut of beef in Texas that it is today. Her father, Edgar “Smitty” Schmidt, was a longtime employee of the legendary ...

Instructions: Trim the fat from the shoulder clod as needed. Poke around the meat with your finger, and if you find hard pockets of fat, remove with a knife. If the fat is think or spongy, it’s OK to ...